PSA 89:47 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX (PSA 88:48) Μνήσθητι τίς ἡ ὑπόστασίς μου· μὴ γὰρ ματαίως ἔκτισας πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων;
(Mnaʸsthaʸti tis haʸ hupostasis mou; maʸ gar mataiōs ektisas pantas tous huious tōn anthrōpōn;)

BrTr (PSA 88:48) Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?

ULT Remember me, what life, is,
⇔ for what emptiness you created all of the sons of man.

UST Please remember how short human lives are!
⇔ Please remember that you created us human beings as mere mortals!

BSB & MSB Remember the briefness of my lifespan!
⇔ For what futility You have created all men!

OEB Remember, Lord, the shortness of life
⇔ how fleeting you made all people.

WEBBE & WMBB Remember how short my time is,
⇔ for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

NET Take note of my brief lifespan!
⇔ Why do you make all people so mortal?

LSV Remember how [short] my lifetime [is]. Why have You created in vain
All the sons of men?

FBV Remember me—my life is so short! Why did you bother creating futile humanity?

T4T Do not forget that life is very short;
⇔ have you created all us people in vain?

LEB • Remember what my lifespan is.
• Remember for what vanity
• you have created all the children of humankind.

BBE See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

Moff Remember, Lord, what life is!–
⇔ how frail and futile thou has made all men!

JPS (PSA 89:48) (89-49) What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah

ASV Oh remember how short my time is:
⇔ For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

DRA (PSA 88:48) Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?

YLT Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

Drby Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity?

RV O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
(Oh remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou/you created all the children of men!)

SLT Remember me what is life: wherefore in vain didst thou create all the sons of man?

Wbstr Remember how short my time is: why hast thou made all men in vain?

KJB-1769 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
(Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou/you made all men in vain?)

KJB-1611 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vaine?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Remember what I am, howe short my tyme is of lyfe: wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men?
(Remember what I am, how short my time is of life: wherefore hast thou/you created in vain all the sons of men?)

Gnva Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?
(Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest/should thou/you create in vain all the children of men?)

Cvdl Sela. LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre?
(Sela. LORD, how long wilt/will thou/you hide thy/your self? For ever? shall thy/your wrath burn like fire?)

Wycl (PSA 88:48) Bithenke thou what is my substaunce; for whether thou hast ordeyned veynli alle the sones of men?
(Remember thou/you what is my substance; for whether thou/you hast ordained vainly all the sons of men?)

Luth (PSA 89:48) Gedenke, wie kurz mein Leben ist! Warum willst du alle Menschen umsonst geschaffen haben?
(Remember, as/like short my life is! Why want you(sg) all people for_free created/made have?)

ClVg (PSA 88:48) Memorare quæ mea substantia: numquid enim vane constituisti omnes filios hominum?[fn]
(To_mention which my substance: is_it because vane you_established everyone children of_men?)

88.48 Memorare quæ mea substantia. ID. Dicit hoc David, carne positus in Judæis, spe in Christo. Quæ sit mea substantia? Et si Judæi deficiunt, non deficit mea substantia, non omnino interit radix, unde veniet Maria: et de ea veniet semen cui promissum est. Nam de populo illo virgo Maria, de virgine Maria caro Christi, et caro illa non est peccatrix, sed peccatorum mundatrix. Nunquid enim vane. Omnes filii hominum ierunt in vanitatem, non tamen vane constituisti eos: unde ergo mundas eos a vanitate? per semen, in quo est mea substantia; de quo subdit: Quis est homo?

88.48 To_mention which my substance. ID. He_says this David, flesh/meat placed in/into/on To_the_Jews, with_hope in/into/on to_Christ/Messiah. Which be my substance? And when/but_if Jews they_fail, not/no deficit my substance, not/no completely perishes root, from_where/who will_come Maria: and from/about them will_come seed to_whom promised it_is. For/Surely from/about to_the_people that/there virgin Maria, from/about virgin Maria flesh/meat Christi, and flesh/meat that not/no it_is sinner, but of_sins/sinners purifying. It_is_true because vane. All_of_them children of_men they_went in/into/on vanity, not/no nevertheless vane you_established them: from_where/who therefore cleans them from vanity? through seed, in/into/on where it_is my substance; from/about where I_submit: Who it_is man?

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

זְכָר־אֲנִ֥י מֶה־חָ֑לֶד

remember I what? short_~_time

This is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. If the imperative does not communicate a polite request for your readers, then use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as ‘please’ to make this clear. Alternate translation: [Please remember me, what life is]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

זְכָר־אֲנִ֥י מֶה־חָ֑לֶד עַל־מַה־שָּׁ֝֗וְא בָּרָ֥אתָ כָל־בְּנֵי־אָדָֽם

remember I what? short_~_time on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? (Some words not found in UHB: remember I what? short_~_time on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? vanity created all sons_of humankind )

Ethan is using a phrase that expresses a strong feeling, grief at the brevity and futility of human life. There may be an equivalent word or phrase in your language that you can use in your translation to convey this feeling. Alternate translation: [Please remember that we human beings are mere mortals!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עַל־מַה־שָּׁ֝֗וְא

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? (Some words not found in UHB: remember I what? short_~_time on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? vanity created all sons_of humankind )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of emptiness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [with what mortality]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כָל־בְּנֵי־אָדָֽם

all (Some words not found in UHB: remember I what? short_~_time on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in what? vanity created all sons_of humankind )

The psalmist is using sons of man as a common expression of his culture to mean “human beings.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [all of humanity]

Parallel PSA 89:47